Let those who plant with
tears reap the harvest with joyful shouts. Let those who go out, crying and
carrying their seed, come home with joyful shouts, carrying bales of grain!
(Psa 126:5-6 CEB)

“Our lives begin to end the
day we become silent about things that matter.” Dr. Martin L. King

“Injustice anywhere is a
threat to justice everywhere.” Dr. Martin L. King

What do you see on
television, news or internet that makes you cry? Crying is a natural response
human have to a range of emotions, including sadness, grief, joy, and
frustration. I was once told that we should ask God to show us how his heart
feels, a prayer that I prayed and have never been the same since.

Yesterday I was responding to
their response to my post on Facebook. I posted the following: The Civil War
remains the deadliest war the United States has ever waged. The latest
estimates show that between 650,000 and 850,000 people died. We learned nothing! We’re still killing each
other whether they be Muslim, immigrant, Gay, poor or just a different
opinion. We can’t accept the greater
diversity that has already made America great.

They responded with, “what about
Korea, and Afganistan?” To which I responded, “and Yemen, Syria, Guatemala,
Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico.” I dawned on me that the list goes on; I hadn’t
even mentioned the atrocities of slavery, and ‘Jim Crow.’ How must God feel,
and what is our response, do we really care? The tears that we shed are not
wasted, the psalmist says, “You’ve kept track of all my wandering and my
weeping. You’ve stored my many tears in your bottle—not one will be lost. For
they are all recorded in your book of remembrance. (Ps 56:8, TPT)